Plate Tectonics

CONTINENT
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CRUST
DIVERGENT
EARTHQUAKE
FAULTS
LANDFORMS
LITHOSPHERE
OCEAN
PANGAEA
PLATES
SUBDUCTION
TECTONICS
TRANSFORM

Using modern equipment, scientists known as oceanographers have been able to measure and map out the ocean floor. What these scientists have discovered has helped explain how it is that continents are able to move around on the Earth’s crust.

Try to find all 15 words on this board.

S E T A L P R Q G J R D J U D
J N R D Y Q T E C T O N I C S
U N Q O S M R O F D N A L X C
M A S Z F W U G W E T I X O D
Q E M R O F S N A R T E N I L
B C P O H B H S E H W V V Y T
N O I T C E V N O C E E T L N
M O X L I V R S V R R O O D E
A E A G N A P S G G S U G T N
M N W Z W H D E E E O J S C I
S U M V E B N N Z C X B T T T
M L H R T T T Q W E M P L W N
E H E A R T H Q U A K E U X O
W J O X U F N V N Z H X A Q C
P I N O I T C U D B U S F M X
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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CONTINENT  1514n
CONVECTION  97w
CONVERGENT  153sw
CRUST  107se
DIVERGENT  154sw
EARTHQUAKE  313e
FAULTS  1315n
LANDFORMS  133w
LITHOSPHERE  88sw
OCEAN  27n
PANGAEA  79w
PLATES  61w
SUBDUCTION  1215w
TECTONICS  72e
TRANSFORM  115w